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` l BY ATTORNEY HERMAN WERTZNOF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AssroNOR To HARDMANRUBBER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OE NEW JERSEY.

DISPLAY-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 714,544, dated November25, 1902. l

' Y Application filed March 13, 1902. Serial No. 98,018. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN WERTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New .Iersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Boxes; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others. skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, refi erence beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specifica' tion. l

The present invention has reference to improvements in boxes or packagesfor the stor ing and displaying of manufactured articles;

i and the invention has reference more parf, zo

ticularly to a novel construction of box for the arrangement therein ofa water-bottle and its long and flexible piece of tubing, the vai riousparts of the box being arranged in such a manner that the article ofmanufacture can be easily arranged and held in its proper positionwithin the body of the box against dis placement when displaying thegoods in the box to be placed at an angle in a window or While thesalesman is showing the goods to a prospective purchaser.

The present invention therefore has for its principal objects to providea novel construc-Y tion of display-box in which the article is arrangedand sold directly with the box to theV purchaser; and, furthermore, thisinvention has for its further object to provide a neat, cheap, andsimply-constructed box for the purposes above stated and provided withcompartments in which the usual forms of nozzles to be usedlwith` theflexible tubing may `be placed.

The invention therefore consists in the novel construction ofdisplay-box hereinafter fully set forthgand, furthermore,the inventionconsists in the several novel arrangements and combinations of parts,all of which will be described in detail in the following specifica`tion and then finally embodied in the clauses ofthe claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the Figure l is a planview ofthe display-box embodying the principles of the present invention,illustrating in connection therewith the manner of arranging thewater-bottle and its flexible tubing in their properly-retainedpositions in the box. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central vertical sectionof the box, representing a pair of pivotallyarranged retaining members,which normally hold or retain the flexible tubing in its proper positionin the box against accidental displacement in their lowered or retainingpositions within the body of the box; and Fig. 3 is a similar section ofthe box, but representing the said pivotallyarranged retaining membersin their raised position to permit of the removal or the placing of thearticle of manufacture in the body of the box. Fig. 4 is a verticalcross-section of the box, taken on line 4 4 in said Fig. l; and Fig. 5is a perspective View of the box with the cover thereof represented indotted outline.

Similar numerals of reference are employed in all of the saidabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

In the said drawings the reference character 1 indicates the body of thebox, preferably made of cardboard, being formed with the two sides 2 andthe two ends 3. The said body of the box may be of any suitableconfiguration in outline and in its several corners may be provided withan arrangement of triangularly-constructed members or strips 4, formingsuitable compartments for the reception of the nozzles or other parts ofthe article which is to be placed in the box. The said members or strips4t, owing to their arrangement across the angles in the body of f tomeror when the box and the article of ,manufacture therein are displayed ina store- IOO window the said roll of tubing becomes l uncoiled, and thebottle also, being made of a soft and flexible rubber, will becomearranged in an unsightly mass in the lower portion of the box, andthereby presenting an unsatisfactory display of the goods. To avoidthese objectionable features, I have provided the box with a retainingdevice, which permits of the proper placing of the goods in the box aswell as the removal of the same from said box and at the same timeretains the bottle and the tubing in a neat position in the box, wherebythe salesman can more easily show off the article of manufacture to agreater advantage, or the box can be placed at an angle in a show-caseor show-window without the least danger of the rubber bottle and itstubing becoming located in an unsightly and ungainly heap in the bottomof the box. In the present construction the said retaining deviceconsists, essentially, of a cross-piece 9, made at its two ends with thedownwardly-extending end pieces 10, substantially as illustrated inFigs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. Between the outer surfaces of the saidend pieces 10 and the inner surfaces of the sides 2 of the body of thebox I have arranged the respective end portions 13 and 14 of a pair ofcurved or suitably-bent members or strips 11 and 12, respectively, thesaid end portions 10, 13, and 14 all being held in their respectivepositions by means of suitable pins or rivets 15, upon which the saidend portions 13 and 14 of the respective members 11 and 12 are alsopivotally arranged, so that the said members 11 and 12 can be made tolie directly within the body of the box, one member on either side ofthe cross piece or member 9, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings,or that one or both the said members 11 and 12 can be moved in thepositions represented in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings. To place thegoods in the body of the box, the said pivotal members 11 and 12 aremade to assume the positions indicated in Fig. 3, which enables a personto place the flexible bottle 7 in a fiat position in the body of thebox, the bottle being inserted beneath the said cross piece or member 9,as will be clearly understood. The two members 11 and 12 are then turnedfrom their raised positions (indicated in said Fig. 3 of the drawings)to their lowered positions on either side of the said member 9 to liedirectly within the compartment 6 of the box, as clearly indicated inFigs. 1, 2, and 4 of the drawings. The two members or strips 11 and 12thereby provide an auxiliary or additional compartment 16, (see Fig. 1,)in which the flexible rubber tubing 8 is arranged in a coil, as shown,and is held in such position against accidental displacement by thecircular edges of the said members 11 and 12, as will be clearly evidentfrom an inspection of said Fig. 1 of the drawings. Owing to thesevarious arrangements of the parts of the retaining device, the ilexiblebottle 7 as well as the coil of tubing 8 will be neatly arranged andheld in position in the body of the box and for the proper exhibition ofthe goods, as has been hereinabove stated.

I am fully aware that some changes may be made in the .variousarrangements and combinations of the parts hereinabove described, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, without departing from thescope of my present invention. Hence I do not wish to be understood aslimiting my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of theparts as described and as illustrated in the said drawings, nor do Iconfine myself to the exact details of the construction of the saidparts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In adisplay-box, the combination, with the body of a box, adapted to receivean article of manufacture, and the longitudinal sides 2 of the box, ofmeans in said box consisting of a pair of semicircular members, saidmembers extending in opposite directions and forming a circularcompartment for the reception ofthe article of manufacture there-j in,and said semicircular members being pivotally attached at their oppositeend portions to the inner surfaces of the said sides 2 of the box,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a display-box, the combination, with the body of a box, adapted toreceive an article of manufacture, of means in said box adapted to bebrought in contact with the said article of manufacture, to retain thesame in position against accidental displacement,com prising, a fixedcross piece or member 9 connected with the sides ofthe box, so arrangedthat the article of manufacture is placed beneath said member, and apair of other members pivotally connected with the sides of the box,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a display-box, the combination, with the body of a box, adapted toreceive an article of manufacture, of a pivotal pin in each side of thebox, and a pair of semicircular retaining members pivotally connectedwith the said pins, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a display-box, the combination, with the body of a box, adapted toreceive an article of manufacture, of a pivotal pin in each side of thebox, a pair of semicircular retaining members pivotally connected withthe said pins, and a cross piece or member 9 arranged between the saidsemicircular retaining members, said piece or member 9 having its endportions also pivotally connected with said pins, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

5. In a display-box, the combination, with the body of a box, adapted toreceive an article of manufacture, of a retaining piece or IOO IIO

member 9 secured in said box, beneath which the said article ofmanufacture is placed, and

a semicircular retaining member located on each side of said member 9,adapted to be i 5 raised beyond the body of the box, substantiaily asand for the purposes set forth.

In `testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 11th day of March, 1902.` r

HERMAN WERTZ.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, RAYMOND S. WESTERVELT.

